S-31 SS 136

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

S-18 Class Submarine Keel Laid April 13 1918 - Launched December 28 1918 USS S-31 SS-136 Commissioned May 11 1922 - Decommissioned October 11 1922 Recommissioned March 8 1923 - Decommissioned December 7 1937 Recommissioned September 18 1940 - Decommissioned October 19 1945 Struck from Naval Register November 1 1945 Sold May 1946 to Salco Iron and Metal Co. San Francisco for scrap Scrapped July 1947

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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1. Covers Page 1     (1928-43)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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2nd Commissioning March 8 1923 to December 7 1937

 

Locy Type 3 (B) USS BEAVER AS-5 "TSINGTAO / CHINA"

1929-08-06

No Image

Official Business

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3rd Commissioning September 18 1940 to October 19 1945

 

Locy Type SLKb(n) (91x13)

c1943

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USPO Type 6 New London CT

1941-05-31

No Image

Official Business - MAILGRAM

 

Locy Type 3 (BTT) "LAST DAY / ALOHA" Submarine Division 9

1937-12-07

Cachet by Richard Buchwald, sponsored by Argonauts Crew No. 24, ANCS. Cachet lists the submarines of Submarine Division 9 - USS S-30 SS-135, USS S-31 SS-136, USS S-32 SS-137, USS S-33 SS-138, USS S-34 SS-139, and USS S-35 SS-140.

 

Other Information

S-31 was awarded one battle star for her services in World War II

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...
Yangtze Service Medal - American Defense Service Medal (with Sea Clasp) - American Campaign - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (w/ 1 battle star) - World War II Victory Medal

Credited with sinking...
The 2864-ton Japanese Transport KEIZAN MARU, October 26 1942 Kuril Islands

 

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